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1992-12-07 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL December 7, 1992 Albertville City Ball 7:30 PM PRESENT: Mayor Jim Walsh, Councilmen Duane Berning, Mark Barthel and Mike Potter, City Clerk Linda Houghton, City Engineer Thore Meyer, City Attorney Mike Couri Mayor Walsh called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The following items were added to the agenda: Maintenance: - Discuss storing the new truck at the pond site - Discuss sanding in front of the new high school Engineering: - Barthel Manor Second Addition Administration: - 1992 audit bids - Transfer $25,000 from sewer fund to general fund as budgeted in 1992 - Resol ution 1992-44 (Reserving astericked line item funds in 1992 bUdget) - Ken Lindsay's work related injury Potter made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel Barthel made a motion to approve the Follow-Up Sheet from the November 16, 1992, meeting. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the November l6, 1992, meeting as presented. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 16, 1992, public hearing to amend the budget of TIF District #4 as presented. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 24, 1992, Assessment Hearing on the Westwind Commercial property as presented. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 24, 1992, Assessment Hearing on the trunk sewer line as presented. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL December 7, 1992 Page 2 of 6 The Council reviewed the information presented by Tim Raab concerning the settlement in his driveway around the curb stop. He feels poor compaction when the curb box was installed has caused the driveway to settle. Thore reported that the curb itself was mudjacked into place easily, but there is a quite substantial hole under the driveway around the curb box. It is not possible to mudjack this because the hole is too large. Councilmen Potter Berning and the engineer wi II meet wi th Mr. Raab to discuss a solution. Dan Wolesky, representing the Blue Line Hockey Club, requested approval for a gambling license enabling them to help the Albertville Jaycees conduct a raffle for a snowmobile at the Snowmobile Race event January 2 and 3. Wolesky also requested a letter from the City exempting the Blue Line Hockey Club from the 30-day time frame for the license. Potter made a motion to approve the gambling license allowing the Blue Line Hockey Club to participate in the snowmobile raffle on January 2 and 3, 1993, and to request the state to waive its 30-day time restriction on the license. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. . The Council directed Ken to get at least one more quote for lettering the snow plow truck and to accept the lowest quote. The Council were presented with Ken's responses to the snow plowing complaints the Council discussed at the last meeting. Ken explained that he does not feel that the new working hours for the maintenance department are beneficial to the City. Linda explained that in her opinion the new hours were not causing any probl ems and that the City benefi ted from having a maintenance employee on the job from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Council concurred that scheduling work hours was an administrative decision and, based on Linda's recommendation, the hours would remain as set. Councilman Vetsch had requested that the City should consider storing the plow truck at the wastewater treatment building. Mayor Walsh indicated that this should be an administrative decision. Mayor Walsh requested that the maintenance department sand both entrances to the new high school to eliminate a potential hazard. . Engineer Thore Meyer reported on the bids received for the 1992-1lB Sewer Main Replacement project. Since the low bid is higher than those figures presented in the Feasibility Study, he advised the Council in his letter dated December 7, 1992, to delay the awarding the bid until December 21, 1992, to enable his firm to determine if there are any potential cost savings in the contract, to clear up any discrepancies in the Small Minority . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL December 7, 1992 Page 3 of 6 Business/Women's Business Enterprise requirements, and to determine if the loan amount for this phase of the project may be amended with the MPCA and DTED. Potter made a motion to delay the awardal of the contract for the 1992-l1B Project until December 21, as recommended by the engineer. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Walsh and Councilman Berning met with Linda and Thore to examine the sewer rates for 1993. The current rates are adequate to cover the O&M cost of the system at this time. The committee recommends that the sewer rates for 1993 be left at the current rate and advises that the Council review these rates next year. Thore reported that he has walked the area between Trudy Dahlheimer's property and the football field and he doesn't see that the drainage from the football field impacting the Dahlheimer property. He did observe that cattle and horses have tramped through the ditch behind Dahlheimer's and have probably somewhat disturbed the original elevations. Thore recommended that the Council make an actual drainage study of the area. Thore was directed to put together the costs of a retaining wall in Barthel Manor Second Addition for the Council to review at their next meeting. The Council received a letter of resignation from the Park Board from Dean Spenser. Spenser was in attendance at the meeting. The reason for his resignation was questioned, and he explained that he, along with the other Park Board members, found it very difficult to work with Ken Lindsay in the maintenance department and was frustrated by the problems the Park Board has encountered. The Council reaffirmed that Mike Rutkowski is in charge of the parks and the Park Board should deal directly with him only. Linda was directed to meet again with both maintenance employees to clarify the job positions. Spenser agreed to withdraw his resignation from the Park Board at this time. Potter made a motion to adopt the following park rental/damage fees as recommended by the Park Board: Ballfield/Concession/Buildinq Resident Non-Resident $100 $l50 Buildinq Only Resident Non-Resident $ 50 $lOO . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL December 7, 1992 Page 4 of 6 Ballfield IConcession Only Resident & Non-Resident $ 75 Damaqe Deposit Resident & Non-Resident $100 These fees are effective immediatel y. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the purchase of the Sentry Security System for the new park shelter building at a cost of $550 and to have a telephone line installed to the shelter. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Attorney Mike Couri reported that he has spoken wi th the Wright County Auditor and she will accept special assessments for the 1992 tax roll for the trunk sewer line. Couri reported that he is in the process of getting the sewer line easement over the property owned by Margaret Heinen corrected. It is simply a matter of cancelling out the old, incorrect easement and substituting the new easement. Couri also reported that a complaint against Maynard Strickler, owner of the property known as "Rugged Road" has been filed with the County to initiate clean-up of his property. Couri was asked to review the statement from Radzwill Law Firm regarding the charges for the TIF #4 public hearing and get back to Linda. Potter made a motion to approve the subdivision request from Ed Bruen as recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission on November 3, 1992. The buyer of the subdivided lot has agreed to purchase an additional 20 feet of property from Ed Bruen in order allow him to keep the door on the west side of the current Car Wash. With this additional property, the buyer will not need a variance for his trash area. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the Financial Statement for the period November 13 - December 2. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to pay the bills (Check #6950 - Check #7022) with the exception of Check #6988. Couriwill get a revised billing for the City. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the resol ution for Joint Powers to increase water rates and hook-on fees. Potter seconded . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL December 7, 1992 Page 5 of 6 the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to amend the proposed Lease Termination Agreement with the Joint Powers Board, contingent upon its being amended to include that Joint Powers will install a water service to this property and will notify the City prior to the installation to allow the City to install a sewer service at the same time and Joint Powers will seed the property. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Linda was asked to contact NSP and get cost estimates of install ing two street I ights by the entrances to the new high school for the next meeting. The Counci I discussed Dennis Fehn' s offer to move the old warming house out of the City at no cost. Because of the on-going problem with space for the maintenance and fire departments, Mayor Walsh indicated that he felt the City should have the building moved to the wastewater treatment plant for cold storage. Potter made a motion to allow Dennis Fehn to move the old warming house outside of the City of Albertville. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council considered the bids for recycling for 1993. Two bids were presented--one from Wright Recycling and one from Evergreen Recycling. Barthel made a motion to accept the low bid from Wright Recycling for a two-year contract for recycling in the City at a cost of $435.00 per month during 1993 and $450.00 per month in 1994. Potter seconded the motion. All vote aye. Potter made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION '1992-43 to transfer $25,000 from the Sewer Enterprise Fund to the General Fund as approved in the 1992 budget. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION '1992-44 to reserve all monies remaining in the asterisked line items in the 1992 budget. These monies can only be spent on non-designated items by City Council resolution. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed Ken's workers' comp back injury. Linda reported that she has a report from Ken's doctor detailing Ken's work limitations with this back injury. Linda was asked to make sure that Ken does not exceed those limitations. Dennis Fehn requested approval to connect his house to the sanitary sewer main located on Barthel Industrial Drive instead of the service stub located off of the cul-de-sac. Thore agreed that the Barthel Drive connection would be a straight shot, but a longer . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL December 7, 1992 Page 6 of 6 service lead than normal. He saw no problem with allowing Fehn to connect as proposed, as long as FEhn agreed to pay his share of the assessment if the sewer main is ever continued down Barthel Industrial Drive. The Council decided to have the Planning & Zoning Commission consider Fehn's proposal before a decision is reached. Potter made a motion to adjourn at 9:30 PM. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye.